Hollywood Reckons With AI's Creative Takeover

A viral AI-generated fight scene featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt has reignited Hollywood's existential debate about artificial intelligence. Screenwriter Rhett Reese declared it "over for us," while Paul Schrader predicted film students will soon produce feature-length AI dramas in weeks on zero budget. Despite widespread resistance, many creatives privately admit using AI tools, and the 2023 writers' strike protections are proving difficult to enforce. As AI-assisted novels proliferate and filmmakers embrace the technology's democratising potential, the line between human creativity and machine generation grows increasingly blurred.